By Leonid Schneider, on research integrity, biomedical ethics and academic publishing
“The papermill crisis is not an external attack on science but a mirror held up to its dysfunctional ecosystem. The for-profit publishing industry, posing as a newly found saviour of research integrity, is in fact its chief beneficiary and enabler.” – Csaba Szabo
“It’s clear that any academically corrupt individual — particularly one with editorial connections — could easily “place” dozens of these Anzen products into indexed journals and collect a handsome side income in the process.” – Csaba Szabo
“yes, let’s clean up the literature, but I think it is immensely more important to catch the “big fish”” – Csaba Szabo
“If this book accomplishes anything, it should be to shatter the illusion that Alzheimer’s research is on solid footing and to prompt a long-overdue reckoning in the field. ” – Csaba Szabo
Csaba Szabo’s book “Unreliable: Bias, Fraud, and the Reproducibility Crisis in Biomedical Research” – review by Zoltan Ungvari and excerpt.
Schneider Shorts 7.07.2023 – MDPI internal file leaked, editors attempting to rat out whistleblowers, scientists proud of IAAM awards, Nobelitis strikes again, with cloning fraudster’s new business, biotech’s new anti-aging drug, bad rector in Sicily, and finally, one honest researcher demanding retraction of his own paper.
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